Donald Wills announced his intention to step down from his position at the school board's July 21 meeting

Littlestown Superintendent Donald Wills announced his retirement from the district at the school board's July 21 meeting.

Wills will leave the district after six years at the helm, effective Oct. 1. His contract, $150,800 annually, was set to expire in June 2017, said Beverly Lang, administrative assistant for the district, after it was renewed by the board in 2012.

Personal agendas have filled the board room since December, Wills said, noting that school officials are concerned more about buses, backstops, scoreboards and other items that have taken the focus away from students.

There have been three resignations from the board and as many board president changes since December, Wills said of the Littlestown school board.

In his more than two-page superintendent report, Wills said he can no longer lead and serve the students or the taxpayers of the district.

"Board discussions have rarely focused on our core purpose, which is the student and learning," Wills said in his report. "In my opinion, the focus has been attempting to consciously or unconsciously make someone look bad."

Wills said the previous school board is responsible for some of the district's most recent accomplishments, including balancing past budgets, supporting extracurricular programs and not increasing class sizes.

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The district is in position to handle future budgetary challenges, Wills said, if school officials continue to look for savings across the district.